Lead Mechanical Engineer – Product Assurance

Job Title:

Lead  Mechanical Engineer – Product Assurance

Location:

Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please  speak  to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary:  Circa £55,000

What you’ll be doing :

Deliver high-level engineering assurance across  cutting-edge  BAE Systems Maritime Submarines products, ensuring integrity across major Submarine Enterprise programmes

Plan and prioritise assurance activities using a risk-based approach, optimising limited resources while working to the Submarines Engineering Product Assurance Framework

Lead  and support key assurance reviews, bringing your SQEP  expertise  to validate design  decisions , technical bids, and engineering evidence

Ensure products are safe, compliant, cost-effective, and fully integrated, with hazards demonstrated ALARP and configurations clearly controlled

Provide  independent  oversight to design and technical reviews, offering  objective  judgement aligned with mandated engineering frameworks and policies

Collaborate across engineering and wider business teams, influencing outcomes, shaping product quality, and enabling safe, successful delivery

Act as an  independent  voice in safety assurance, offering impartial technical support to the broader Submarine Enterprise and  challenging  designs from a fresh, safety-focused perspective

Your skills and experiences:

Mechanical Engineer degree preferred, though  strong  experience in design and/or commissioning will be equally considered

Hands on  experience with event reporting systems, confidently identifying issues, investigating root causes, and driving effective resolutions

Proven  capability in design proving, taking projects through verification, validation, and successful commissioning

Strong , demonstrable knowledge of design reviews, audits, changes  management , and resolving  complex  technical  challenges

Solid Mechanical Engineering background, with practical experience across design, testing, and commissioning activities

Benefits:

As well as a  competitive  pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Product Assurance team:

As the  Lead  Mechanical Engineer – Product Assurance, you will be at the centre of some of the UK’s most advanced engineering  challenges . You’ll shape key elements of the assurance schedule and gain  hands-on  insight into evidence from audits, inspections, reviews, tests, and trials. The work is varied and engaging – producing clear technical briefings, supporting issue investigation, and tracking progress through the Product Assurance teams Concerns and Best Practice System.

You’ll also act as a trusted source of specialist technical advice, directly contributing to the safety and assurance of world class Submarine technologies. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder  etc .)

that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please  speak  to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export  control  restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict  the roles  you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All  applicants   must  as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where  applicants   must  typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for  the role , to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:  2nd February 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for  the role . Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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